This chapter, by incarcerated writer John J. Lennon, explores the history of prison journalism through the careers of two writers, Wilbert Rideau and Dannie M. Martin. While both became journalists in prison, their writing careers took different forms. Rideau, serving a life sentence for murder in Louisiana, wrote in the typical, detached style of print journalists and helmed one of the most successful prison newspapers of all time, The Angolite, which was nominated for seven National Magazine Awards during his tenure as editor. Martin, serving a thirty-three-year sentence for bank robbery in federal prison, published voice-driven columns and freelanced for the San Francisco Chronicle. Both exposed pressing, overlooked crises behind bars and both risked reprisals from fellow prisoners and the staff responsible for their safety. Their stories of “committing journalism” contain timely lessons for incarcerated writers and prison administrators as the current renaissance of prison journalism continues to grow.